Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14645, George Dunham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Dunham, George Patience
W. 14645
CONTENTS

5570.
Massachusetts
George Dunham Captain
Massachusetts line
Three years
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Judge Nathan Mitchell East Bridgewater Mass s
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mo \frac{28}{30} 98.66 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 March 1819 120.
$ 218.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Bridgewater
Scad. See letter to Hon. J. Reed March 26. 1836
57

5599 Massachusetts.
Patience Dunham widow of George Dunham
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Captain Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Paid 10 May 1857, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Aug t 1857 and sent to
Hon. A. Fowler None of Rep.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 41 Vol. 2
Payable to Ephraim F. Churchill Adm t . She having left no children her surviving

I George Dunham of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a Citizen of the United States desirous of obtaining a pension agreeable to the late Act of Congress and being in my eighty fourth year - Depose set forth and declare - That I was in the war of the Revolution against Great Britain and served therein as an Officer on the Continental Establishment for more than nine months - that I entered the service at Roxbury in the beginning of 1775 under the provincial establishment and served through the summer - that in the autumn of that year in November or December I received a Commission of Captain under the Continental establishment and raised a company of recruits in Col. John Bailey's Regiment and remained near Cambridge till the British evacuated Boston and then marched to the State of New York and served out one year and then engaged again for three years and served out nearly the three years, and then owing to the sickness of my family had leave to resign and returned home. I served all the time as Captain as aforesaid, and was in the service on the Continental establishment for nearly four years. I enlisted at the beginning, when there was great difficulty in obtaining recruits, more than one hundred men from Plymouth Kingston and Middleborough, so that I had more than enough to compleat my own company, and turned over

the rest to fill other companies. and I performed my duty faithfully till I had leave to retire as aforesaid which I think was in 1781 and after the surrender of Cornwallis. I am old and my memory weakened but there are many living who can attest to my services. I had my commission and other military papers, which would have supported this my declaration, but I lost my pocket book last year, which contained these and other valuable papers. I am reduced in my circumstances and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support. and I do here- by relinquish all claim to any pension or other allow- ance heretofore granted me by Congress if any such has ever been granted me. I do further testify that John Paty of Plymouth was a fifer in my company du- ring the three years service, and can give evidence of my services, if called upon. George Dunham
Sworn to Ap. 7. 1818.
/ P.S. Dunham belonged to Plymouth when he enlisted / / it will be seen that a great many soldiers state in / / their declarations that they served under Capt. Dunham / / see Luther Bayley's affidavit in Daniel N.H. Hartwell's case - /
George Dunham Bridgewater

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PLYMOUTH SS.
At a Court of Probate holden at Hingham in and for said County, on the last Tues day of August eighteen hundred and fifty .
IT is satisfactorily made to appear to the said Court that Patience Dushman late of Plymouth in said County, Widow of George Dushman deceased , who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died on the tenth day of May, now last past , and that she did not leave any children .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Jacob H. Lord REGISTER.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
I, JACOB H. LOUD, Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth, within said Commonwealth, do hereby Certify, that at a Probate Court holden at East Bridgewater in and for said County, on the first Tues- day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty  Ephraim F. Churchill of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, Yeoman, was
duly appointed Special Administrator on the Estate of Patience Dunham late of Plymouth in said County, Widow, deceased.
and took upon himself that trust by giving bond as the law directs, and still continues in the exercise of said trust.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County, this thirtieth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Jacob H. Lord

14.130
Patience Sunham widow of George Massachusetts,
act of May 1835
Married 1789
husband died 1819 1789
Widow died May 1860
Adm? Lycens Captain
$480, per m 4 man
1836 to 4 March 1841. also
under the act of 3 March 43
17 June 44 to 2 July 48. from
4 March 43 to 10. May 50
the day of her death Payable
to Ephraim F. Churchill Adm
She having no children or
child by her marriage
Heir of Foulton
Atty July 1838 Adm of May

State of Massachusetts. Plymouth County Ys.
On this eighth day of April in the Year One thousand eight hundred & fifty before the Honorable Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth, personally appeared Patience Denham, a resident of Plymouth, in said County, aged One Hundred years being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the Widow of George Denham who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18. 1818 as will appear by Reference to his application for a Pension on file in the War Department
She further declares that she was married to the said George Denham on the sixth day of September in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty nine; that her husband the aforesaid George Denham died on

the nineteenth Day of December in the Year Eighteen hundred and nineteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four to wit at the time above stated Attest J. H. Lord. Patience John Dunham. mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year herein first above written Before me & I certify that said Patience Dunham is unable by reason of her great age & bodily infirmities to travel to attend Court to make this declaration and I have therefore taken the same at her residence
Aaron Hobart. Judge of Probate as aforesaid
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. Probate Office.
I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Aaron Hobart is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of April, Eighteen hundred & fifty Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth, Jr.
Clerks Office April 11. 1850
I John B Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth of record, hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the sixth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty nine George Dunham & Patience Churchill both of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth, were married in said Plymouth by the Rev. Chandler Robbins.
WITNESS my hand & seal this 11th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court for said County in the day and year aforesaid.
John B Thomas, Clerk

I Ellis Holmes of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth aged Eighty three years and upwards on Oaths do testify and say that I was born & always lived in the town of Plymouth. I was well acquainted with Capt George Dunham deceased who was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army. I remember him prior to the Revolution. He was active in enlisting men from this town. During the Revolutionary War he was occasionally at home but for the most part was absent in the Army & was one of the "during the War" men as I was always informed & believe. He had a wife who I think was a Dunham before he married her. She died however soon after the close of the War. I don't remember the exact year. In the course of one or two years he married for his second wife the Widow Patience Churchill whose first husband Edmund Churchill I well knew. He was skipper of a fishing vessel to the Grand Bank & was lost over board & drowned. I was married to my late Wife on the tenth day of October in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty nine. I distinctly recollect that said Capt George Dunham was married to said Widow Patience Churchill about a month or so before I was married. They went to housekeeping in this town on the opposite side of the same street in which I lived & but a short distance off.

Dunham was rather an uncomfortable kind of man, somewhat crabbed & ugly in his disposition and I always supposed he made a free use of ardent spirits. This made him overbearing & dictatorial & she had a very uncomfortable time of it with him. They lived together several years, though it was generally known & understood that their married life was rendered very unhappy from the causes which I have before mentioned. Mrs. Patience Dunham I have always known from my earliest recollection. She was older much than myself but I saw her often. She was from one of our most respectable families & was always & now is esteemed for her irreproachable character. I never heard the slightest intimation or insinuation against her deportment to said Dunham & I think she had the sympathy of the whole community for what she suffered while she lived with said Dunham. After some years she being unable to endure his treatment they separated & she left Plymouth. I don't know where he went but some where between 1812 & 1815 I saw him at Middleborough in the Westerly part of this County at the house of Capt Samuel Rider who married a daughter of said Dunham by his first wife. I spent the night there. He was then somewhat broken down. After this Capt Rider moved to New Bridgewater in this County & Capt George Dunham went with him & I was always in-

formed & believe that said Capt George Dunham died at the house of his son in law Capt Sam- uel Rider in West Bridgewater some where about Eighteen hundred & twenty.
Capt George Dunham from my earliest recollec- tion of his was a noisy, bragging, fighting charac- ter & I can tell a great many anecdotes of him. I remember he came home occasionally during the War & he wore a cockade & uniform & was always telling what great things he had done.
Mrs. Patience Dunham is still living at a very advanced age, I believe a little over one hundred years. She is still the Widow of said Capt George Dunham deceased & has never been married since his decease, nor since her marriage to him which was about a month before I was married.
Ellis Holmes
Plymouth Jp. On this eighteenth day of April 1850 the above named Ellis Holmes well known to me to be a credible person made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscrib- ed in my presence.
Before me
J. H. Lord Jus. Peace

Patience Dunham widow of George Massachusetts
Suspended
See let. 10 th June 1850
Hon. O. Howler,
to same 22 nd July 1850.
" " 21 Aug t 1850 - { 2 cases not out
Act 7 July 1855

10972.
Massachusetts
Patience Dunham
Widow of George Dunham
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the year 1819
of in the State of who was a Captain in the
commanded by Captain
of the
commanded by
in
the
line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 480 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Augt 1850 and sent to Hon. A. Fowler. H. R.
Payable to Total amount, Churchill Adm Ephraim J. Churchill Adm or children [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by
Book
Vol. 1
Page
73
Chase Clerk

8884 Massachusetts
Patience Dunham dec d widow of George Dunham who was a Captain in the Revolution for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Aug t 1850 and sent to
Wm. A. Fowler Home of Repose
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 28

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth 59
Clerks Office June 19 1856
I John B. Morris Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth, having exclusive jurisdiction in matters of divorce, do hereby certify, that on careful examination I find no records of divorce of persons known formerly of said Plymouth or of Rehoboth known on any application by either of them for a divorce.
I have held the office of Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in the County of Plymouth for thirty seven years last past and no such application has been made by either of said parties within the period above mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the day & year aforesaid.
John B. Morris Clerk

News of Rep.?
Washington August 13 th 1850
J. L. Edwards Esq - Commissioner of Pension Sir
Your letter of the 22 nd ult, in the case of Mrs. Betsey Dunham, was duly received. I wrote forthwith, to Plymouth for the additional ev- idence you desire - which I have obtained and herewith forward. I have the honor to state that all the witnesses in this case, (some of whom are well known to me,) are of the highest respectability . The case is now most fully made out - and I ask for the issue of a certificate , without further delay since the application of Mrs. Dunham was filed in

your office, some three or four months ago, she has departed this life. She died on the tenth of May last, as appears by the papers, herewith sent.
I forward second evidence of the appointment of Ephraim J. Churchhill of Plymouth as her Administrator --
I have the honor to be truly yours
Orin Fowler.

Wams of Puff u
Washington August 29 th 1850
Sir
In yours of the 21 st inst you say that 'before a Certificate can issue' in the case of Patience Dunham, the date of the death of Mrs Dunham should be shown and the fact that she left no children.
Herewith I forward the evidence desired. Will you have the goodness to issue the Certificate without delay?
I have the honor to be Yours very truly Olin Howland

Mem d of P st ?
Washington May 15 th 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards - Com te of Pension Cliv
Herewith is forwarded the ap- plication of Patience Dunham widow of George Dunham for a Pension -
An early decision is respectfully solicited -- most respect d
Yours & Ours Sincerely

Pension Office June 12 th 1850
Sir,
The papers in the case of Patience Sunham widow of George Sunham, under act 7 th July 1838 have been examined and filed. It would seem that she separated from her husband many years ago, the clear and  the clear and most satisfactory evidence must be exhibited showing that she was not legally divorced from her husband upon that point, before a final decision can be had.
Hon: O. Fowler N.Y.

Pension Office.
July 22 1850
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that I have very Carefully examined all the evidence presented in support of the Claim of Patience Dunham for a pension under the act of 7 May 1838 as the Widow of George Dunham, who was a Captain in the Massachusetts Line and I am not satisfied that she is the widow of that Officer.
It appears from the declaration of Mrs. Dunham that George Dunham died in 1819. It is very strange that if she really be the widow of that Officer that she should have failed to present so large a claim to a pension as his services would have entitled her to receive until this late day. Some further proof as to her identity as the widow of Capt. George Dunham of the Massachusetts Line also a statement from her under Oath showing whether she had any knowledge of his place of residence after their separation, and previous to his death, also what evidence she has of his name that he died in 1819. and also since

Satisfactory reasons for having delayed to present her Claim until this late day
A military document marked number the "Resolution of the Senate of the 5730 June 1834 and 3 March 1835," shows that Keer of Plymouth County Dunham was placed upon the Pension Roll of Plymouth County Simon the act of 18 March 1818 as a Captain of the Massachusetts Line and that he died on 19 Decemr 1819. If the information in relation to the service and death of Capt. Keer Dunham was derived from this document is thereby to be established, or from some other source.
The delay in making this application creates a very great difficulty in Claimants estating being the widow of Capt. Keer Dunham of the Massachusetts Line
22 July 1852
Helen A. Fowler Widow of Capt.

View of Pish?
Washington June 22 d 1850
Wm J. L. Edwards - Com te of Review
Sir Yours of the 11 th saying that evidence that no discovery had been had in the case of Patience Dunham, was wanted before a final decision of her case was made - was duly received.
I immediately wrote for such evidence - and herewith it is communicated. It is full and I trust will prove sat- isfactory. I hope the final de- cision will now be made without further delay -- most respect!
and Truly yours Orin Fowler

George Dunham Bridgewater Ms 7 ap 1818 - Captain Bulky up Clap's line 76 One year, 77 Three years Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
88.
On this seventh day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared George Dunham of Bridgewater aged eighty three years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz. (See his said Declaration enclosed)

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said George Dunham did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and that he is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I John B. Thomas of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, aged Sixty three years, on oath do testify and say that I was born & have always resided in the town of Plymouth except the period of my College life; and have held the Office of Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County for the thirty seven years last past. I remember Captain George Denham when he lived in Plymouth. He then resided but a short distance from the house of my late father the Hon. Judge Thomas. Said Denham always had the reputation of being a Captain in the Revolutionary Army. He was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818. He left Plymouth many years ago & died as I was always informed & believe at the house of his son in law Samuel Rider in West Bridgewater in this County about thirty years ago. His wife Patience Denham to whom he was married before my remembrance as shewn by the Records in my Office & of which I have given a Certificate continued to reside in Plymouth as far as I know & believe until her death in May last at a very advanced age. I never had any personal acquaintance with her but I have always been informed by old persons who had the means

of knowing that the said Patience Dunham who made her application for a Pension in April last is the same identical person who was married to said George Dunham on the sixth Day of September in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty nine as I find recorded and I think there is no reason to doubt either her identity or the identity of the George Dunham to whom the record states her to have been married with the Capt George Dunham who was pensioned as a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
John B. Thomas
Plymouth Y. July 29. 1850 Then personally came John B. Thomas Esq & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me and I certify that he is a credible person Jacob H. Lord Jus. Peace

I Nahum Mitchell of East Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, aged Eighty one years on Oath depose & say that in the Year Eighteen hundred & eighteen I was one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Judicial Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Capt George Denham then appeared before me & made his declaration under Oath in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension Law of 1818 for his services as a Captain in the Revolutionary Army. Said Denham was formerly a resident of Plymouth in said County & resided there at & about the period of the Revolution. At the time of making his said declaration for a Pension he resided at West Bridgewater in said County with his son in law Capt Samuel Rider. Capt Rider was a native of Plymouth & resided there in the early period of his life & married a daughter of said George Denham. Rider removed to West Bridgewater where he bought a farm and settled & said Denham came there to live with his daughter & he died

there about thirty years ago.
Nahum Mitchell
Plymouth Y. July 29. 1850 Then the Hon. Nahum Mitchell personally known to me to be a credible person appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit Before me
J. H. Lord Jus. Peace

I Peter Peterson of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, of lawful age to give evidence on Oath depose & say that Patience Dunham late of said Plymouth, Widow, deceased who was the Widow of Capt George Dunham formerly of said Plymouth but a resident of West Bridgewater in said County at the time of his death, was a sister of my Mother. The said Patience Dunham died at my House in said Plymouth on the tenth day of May now last past. She did not leave any children. She resided in my family for the last four years of her life. At the time of her death she was about One hundred & two years of age. She & her husband separated many years ago. He went off & left her. She possessed a small Real Estate which with her industry enabled her to sustain herself as long as she was able to work. This property was exhausted four or five years ago & I took her to my House. She did not know as she could obtain a pension as she did not live with her husband at the time of his death. I went and consulted Jacob St Lord Esquire to know about it & was informed by him that she was unquestionably entitled if she had not been

divorced from Capt. Dunham. I went home & communicated to her what Mr. Lord told me & she then said that she never was divorced from Dunham. That they separated on account of his ill treatment of her. At her request I went to Mr. Lord's Office to have the papers drawn & he and the Hon. Judge Hobart came to my house sometime last April & took the old lady's Oath to her Application. Capt. Dunham did not leave a very good reputation when he went away from Plymouth. He was always regarded as a fighting, quarrelsome person. Mrs. Dunham had no intercourse with him after they separated. He strolled about the country & finally died at the house of Mr. Rider who married his daughter in West Bridgewater.
Peter Peterson
Plymouth, July 29. 1850 Then Peter Peterson well known to me to be a credible person & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me
Jacob N. Lord Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Weymouth
State Office July 20 1880
I Nathan H. Clark of the present County of Plymouth do hereby certify that prob the said form is a true copy of the original in said County of Plymouth duly confirmed & published, and that his signature & the seal of the depository hereto annexed is genuine
In witnessing whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Hebrew proband Court on the day & year aforesaid
Nathan H. Clark

Mar 25
Capt Geo. Dunham
Mass
21 Jan 19
for o'Keed H.R.
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pension

Mar 25
Capt Geo. Dunham
Map.
21 Jan 19
Recd for H.R.
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pension

Sir
House of Representatives March 24 th 1836
Will You have the goodness to inform me if any thing be due in land or money, to the heirs of Capt s George Dunham, a Revolutionary Officer from the State of Massachusetts & I believe one of Durd's cases
With Respect Mr Ob t Ser v t
John Reed

I Ellis Holmes of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth aged eighty three years, on oath depose & say that I was well acquainted with Capt George Dunham & his wife Patience Dunham as stated in my former deposition now on file with the application of said Patience Dunham for a Pension. I lived in the same Street & nearly opposite to the house in which said George & Wife resided. I recollect well, about their separation. Dunham went off as I stated & I believe died at West Bridgewater in this County. I never heard that they were ever divorced or that either of them ever made any application for divorce and I always supposed & believed that Patience Dunham the applicant was his Widow & never heard any doubt suggested.
Ellis Holmes
Plymouth J. June 17. 1850 Then the above named Ellis Holmes well known to me to be a credible person, appeared made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed in my presence
Before me
J H Lord
Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Cooper of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, aged nearly eighty one years in Oaths depose & say that I was well acquainted with Capt. George Denham who was a Revolutionary Officer. He married Patience Churchill of this town for his second wife. I was born & have always resided in the immediate neighborhood where I now dwell. The said Denham lived but a very short distance from where I always lived. After living together some years they separated. He was a very arbitrary, overbearing, turbulent kind of a man. His treatment of his wife I always supposed was the cause of her separation from him. She was from a highly respectable family & I never heard anything said disrespectful of her. I never heard that they were ever divorced or that either of them ever attempted to obtain a divorce. She was never married after their separation to any body else & I never heard any question raised or doubt suggested of her being his Widow after his death.
Joseph Cooper
Plymouth Y. June 17. 1850 Then the above named Joseph Cooper well known to me to be a credible person appeared & made Oaths to the truth

of the foregoing affidavit
Before me Jacob H. Lord Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth Clerk's Office June 17 1880
I do hereby certify that Francis H. French has been a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature before written is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on the day & year aforesaid
John D. Sleeper Clerk

I Rebecca Morton of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, Widow, on Oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Patience Dunham the Widow of Capt George Dunham who was reputed to have been an Officer in the Revolutionary War. Said Patience & myself were cousins. I cannot say that I had much personal acquaintance with Dunham. After she married Dunham they lived together several years & then separated as I always heard on account of his ill treatment of her. I never heard that she was at all in fault. Dunham went off. Said Patience always lived in Plymouth ever since I can remember any thing. I never heard that they were ever divorced & I don't suppose they were. I am eighty five years of age. I heard of Dunham's death about thirty years ago. I never had any doubt & never heard it questioned that said Patience was his Widow.
Rebecca Morton Widow
Plymouth Y. June 15, 1850 Then the above named Rebecca Morton well known to me to be a credible person appeared & subscribed & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Before me J. H. Lord J. of Peace

I Caleb Morton of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth On Oath do testify & say, that I am seventy two years of age. I was born & always have resided in Plymouth. I am one of the Deacons of the First Congregational Church in Plymouth & have held that Office for about thirty years. I was well acquainted with George Druham who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He married Patience Churchill the Widow of my Uncle Samuel Churchill for his second wife. They lived together in the married relation for sev- eral years. They separated. He was a very turbulent man. She professed to be afraid that he would take her life. It was reported I remember that he carried a dangerous weapon about his person. After they separated he went off into some other part of the Country & never returned to this part of the Country to live a- gain with her. She said Patience always resided in Plymouth so far as I can recollect. I never heard that they were ever divorced or that Druham or she ever attempted to obtain one. I never heard of any thing on her part which could have entitled Capt Druham to have ob- tained a divorce from her. She is reputed & believed in this Community to be his Widow.
Caleb Morton

Plymouth Y. June 15. 1850 Then the above named Deacon Cabb Morton well known to me to be a credible person appeared & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit Before me
J. H. Lord Jus. Peace

George Dunham Captain January 1775, Onward June 1779 Supplied Used 2 nd Regt. Mass Line

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth, ss.
I, John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jacob H. Lord and Welcome Young, Esquires, are Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified: And that their signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty third day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
John Thomas Clerk

I Joseph Kingman of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, of lawful age to give evidence, on oath depose and say; that I knew Capt George Dunham formerly of Plymouth in said County, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. He died at the house of his Son in law Capt Samuel Rider in said West Bridgewater about thirty years ago. I attended the funeral of the said George Dunham and his remains were placed in a Tomb near my house Joseph Kingman
Plymouth ss On this Nineteenth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty, then personally appeared the above named Joseph Kingman well known to me to be a credible person made  affirmed oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. Before me
Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid Wilborne Young, Justice of the Peace
The foregoing erasure and interlineation was made previous to the deponent making the foregoing affirmation Wilborne Young Jus. Peace